the cicadas treasure

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The cicadas‘ The cicadas‘ treasuretreasure

They‘re always having parties in Milly‘s World; they never miss a chance to get together and have fun, play, laugh and eat together.

The cicadas‘ treasure

Why don‘t we ask Alice to sing

with us?

They love to listen to music and maybe even dance. The Woodland Orchestra has fl utes and violins, trombones and double basses...a singer is all they need.


Great idea! She‘s a cicada…

Listen...

Let‘s go!

Hello, have you seen Alice?

I asked her to move, and

now she‘s on the poplar tree by the

stream.

Milly and Billy can hear Alice singing. Not everyone in the wood is happy to hear her. Nana Spider, for example, prefers silence.


I‘ve heard her more than I‘ve seen her!

She‘s so noisy — I can barely hear myself think!

There‘s Alice.

Would you like to come and sing in

our orchestra?

Brilliant!

I‘d love to, I could sing the

Lost Treasure song!


How does it go?

Scrrr, scrr, scr...

Of course not! You don‘t understand

„cicada“…


What a beautiful voice...

I didn‘t understand any

of it!

So much snow...

I don‘t know, let‘s go and see!

Alice tells the story of the lost treasure.„One winter evening, two cicadas were out walking in the cold air when they saw a light far off in the distance.“


Everything‘s white! How lovely...

what is it?

Brrr…it‘s so cold!

„The two cicadas fl ew on until they reached a place where the moon was turning into lots of shining rays.“

It‘s a treasure!


Yes, a treasure of gold and silver threads!

Look...it‘s down there!

„It was really, really cold. The cicadas‘ hands were frozen and their eyes were full of ice.“

I can‘t see a thing…

Let‘s take some threads of

treasure...

I can‘t, my hands are frozen…

Hold them tightly!


Yes, we can take them to the other

cicadas!

Let‘s go home, we‘re freezing here!

Alice‘s story is good,but it doesn‘t end well.

What happened next?

Let‘s go home, we‘ll come back for

it tomorrow.

We searched for the treasure for days and

days, but we couldn‘t fi nd it anywhere.


Oh no…the treasure has

slipped through my fi ngers!

Not yet, now we need to go and play in

the orchestra! Are you coming with

us, Alice?

A tall, bent tree...?Let‘s go and look for it!

We lost it near a tall tree that was bent over with snow,

but there aren‘t any trees like that near here...


With pleasure! Can I bring

some biscuits?

Mmm, delicious!

MMM!


There‘s no need, we‘ve got a Twinny,

would you like some?

With Alice the orchestra is now complete and Maestro Cricket is very pleased.


It‘s autumn, the air is fresh and the leaves are falling from the trees. In Milly‘s World, the animals are getting ready for the new season.


So…have you found your treasure?

We‘ll go and look for the tree!

Unfortunately not, we lost it near a bent tree and…

Really?

Of course, and we‘ll fi nd your silver and gold threads too.

Milly and Billy are helping Alice the cicada to put away her summer things.


They search high and low, but there aren‘t any bent trees in the wood, only a fallen tree trunk covered in moss. A family of earthworms lives under the trunk.

Can you tell me when this

tree fell?Look down there!

A fallen tree trunk…

Yes, this could be…

Who knows… maybe during a very snowy

winter.

… the treasure tree!


Yes, this must be the tree where the cicadas lost their treasure.

Let‘s dig, the silver threads must be under here!


Hey, stop that! This is our house!

The cicadas‘ treasure The cicadas‘ treasure

Have you seen it, by any chance?

Sorry, but we‘re looking for the

cicadas‘ treasure.

Let‘s go and ask them!

No, but the gnats who lived here before

us might know something about it.

Here they are! However many

are there?

Excuse me, do you know

anything about the treasure that the cicadas lost?

A lot...

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The gnats live by the pond.


Calm down!!!Have you seen any

gold and silver threads?

Ants…

ants

in the tree trunk

lived

It‘s huge…

before

fallen


There‘s the ants‘ nest!

The ants are all at work. Milly and Billy go to see the person in charge.

We‘re looking for a treasure

of gold and silver threads!

Let‘s see what we‘ve got in the

storeroom.Hmm…

gold and silver threads!

So much stuff…Careful, Billy, don‘t touch!


Billy is curious - too curious...

What are you talking about? Wheat is only

bad for coeliacs if they eat it!

Stop, don‘t touch those wheat grains, they‘re

bad for you!Uh-oh!

Oh no…our wheat!


Take it away, we tried to eat it, but it‘s no good.

The cicadas‘ treasure!!!

Fantastic!

Here‘s what you‘re looking for.


The treasure threads have been found, but what can they be used for?

Look what we‘ve brought you, Alice!

The treasure, our treasure…

thank you!

One more thread, there... we‘ve nearly

fi nished. Yes, then over the top and underneath again.

Shall I thread it through here?


It‘s so nice to rock in such a precious hammock!

These Quadritos are good!

Delicious!


It‘s winter. In the cold air music can be heard echoing through the trees and over the frozen lake. Where is it coming from?


It‘s coming from the den where the Woodland Orchestra has met up to play. There are a lot of musicians, but someone is missing.

No, let‘s go and look for her.

Have you seen Alice?


Alice is a wonderful singer and without her the orchestra is incomplete.

Why are you crying?

Thank you.

But how…?


She‘s down there!

My beautiful hammock of silver threads, it‘s gone,

disappeared!!!

We have to go back to the orchestra now, but afterwards

we‘ll go and look for it…

During orchestra rehearsals, Milly and Billy try to help their friend.

Have you seen a hammock woven with

gold and silver threads?

No, I haven‘t.

Maybe the wind carried

it away.

Well…

Maybe someone‘s stolen it…


The fl ute player has a very beautiful scarf, tied with something sparkling.

Where did you get that silver thread?

It‘s pretty, isn‘t it? It was caught in

a bush.

But it belongs to Alice...

Thank you!I didn‘t know.

You can give it back to her if you like.


After rehearsals, the search goes on. There are gold and silver threads everywhere.

There‘s one!

Look at Mama Bluebottle...

Rock-a-bye, baby…

There‘s another one down

there!


That‘s a lovely blanket... can we swap?

Sure, thank you!

Now you‘re really nice and

warm, aren‘t you?

This thread is too fi ne

for my net…


Shall we swap? I‘ll give you my ribbon

and you……and I‘ll give you my silver

thread.

that you could give me... Thank you, would you like

this thread?

Nana Spider, I‘ve got a Pausa Ciok that...


OK, let‘s go!

Hey...there‘s another thread

on the tree, and another one further on…

Here‘s your treasure!

Great!But now we must go

back to the orchestra, I have to sing...


The Woodland Orchestra is nearly ready to play.

Here we are!

We‘re here! Just a second, I have an idea.

Come on, Billy!


A silver thread here, a silver thread there… Now the cicadas‘ treasure belongs to everyone and the party can start.

Here... like this!

Perfect!

Once upon a time there was a precious

treasure made of gold and silver threads...


It‘s great in Milly‘s World, they play and sing, eat and have fun together.


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